Suffolks Mystery Brampton Standing Stone

A walk between Halesworth and Beccles along the East Suffolk Line Path.
This waymarked route links the railway stations at Halesworth, Brampton and Beccles. Taking the train between these towns will provide an interesting glimpse of what is in store along the walk, including the rather curious Belle Grove Farm looking as if it is out of some fantasy movie and the mysterious Brampton Standing Stone just south of Brampton Station.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 21.15 km
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    Average duration: 6h 15 
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    Difficulty: Difficult

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    Return to departure point: No
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    Vertical gain: + 65 m
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    Vertical drop: - 81 m

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    Highest point: 44 m
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    Lowest point: 0 m

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Description of the walk

Start: Halesworth station (IP19 8BZ) Grid ref. TM 338 778

Waymarkers: Follow the East Suffolk Line Walk waymarkers.

(S) From the South bound platform at Halesworth station, emerge onto the road heading Southwards, following the road around into the housing estate. At the end is a footpath down the side of one of the houses, this leads round to a track.

(1) Turn left (no waymarker) and continue up the lane with the cemetery on the right. On reaching Town Farm the waymarkers are on a post just inside the farm boundary but it would appear that the path is now diverted, picked out by the trod down grass diagonally across the preceding small field. This leads along another track. Continue to the road.

(2) Go straight across until it emerges onto a road opposite the old Holton airfield and museum. Turn left and follow the road round the airfield, continuing right onto the road around the airfield perimeter. Follow the road round to the left, past Moat Farm and take the bridleway on the right.

(3) This crosses the railway and crosses the Spexhall to Westhall road at Deadmans Grave crossroads. Turn right and before the railway bridge take the footpath on the left. (Belle Grove Farm is just before the bridge). The footpath crosses directly across the first field, turns right at the boundary for a few yards, then goes out across the next field. When it meets the next field boundary, turn right and follow the edge around past the farm buildings and out onto the road.

(4) Turn right and just past the farm is a track on the left. Keep to the track until it meets some woods on the right and starts to bend around to the left. There is a footpath on the right through the trees down to a little footbridge across a stream and then up to the railway. In the pasture by the railway is Brampton Standing Stone. The path passes through a gate and alongside the railway to emerge on the road at Brampton station.

(5) Take the road Westwards from the station and when it bends sharply round to the right there is a footpath through the hedge and across the field. The waymarker has been felled here and it is not obvious where the path is. Continue across the fields, across the road and down to Wood Farm. Go around the right hand side of the Farm cottages, into what seems like the rear garden, then follow the path by the pond and down to the bridleway in front of Great Wood.

(6) Turn right and keep to the bridleway which turns into a track to pass in front of Redisham Hall. As the track bears round to the left, continue straight on along the footpath alongside the stream. Follow this through until it emerges onto the road at Pound Farm. Keep to the road up to Ringsfield village crossroads.

(7) Turn right and the Three Horseshoes pub is about a third of a mile down the road on the left. Return to the crossroads.

(7) Go straight across and just past the school on the left is a bridleway on the right. Follow this through until it junctions with a track just across a stream.

(8) Turn right and follow the track through to Ringsfield church. Continue along the road and take the track on the right. At Lodge Farm turn right and follow the path up alongside the field boundary. Cross the boundary and keep following the footpath until it meets with a road at a sharp bend. There is a track down the hill which comes out opposite Roos Hall on the main Bungay road.

(9) Go right towards Beccles and then left down Puddingmoor. When the road junctions turn left and follow Northgate down to the quay. Cross the Quay on the footbridge and the car park is at the end of the creek. (E)

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 23 m - Halesworth station
  2. 1 : km 0.36 - alt. 20 m - Track left
  3. 2 : km 1.21 - alt. 20 m - Junction with road
  4. 3 : km 3.75 - alt. 37 m - Railway crossing
  5. 4 : km 6.31 - alt. 35 m - Junction with road
  6. 5 : km 8.22 - alt. 29 m - Brampton station
  7. 6 : km 10.65 - alt. 30 m - Bridleway in front of Great Wood.
  8. 7 : km 13.58 - alt. 36 m - Ringsfield village crossroads
  9. 8 : km 16.32 - alt. 17 m - Stream
  10. 9 : km 19.27 - alt. 10 m - Main Bungay road
  11. E : km 21.15 - alt. 0 m - Halesworth station

Practical information

Start: Halesworth station (IP19 8BZ) Grid ref. TM 338 778

Parking & Train to start: Free car park at Beccles Quay, a rough piece of ground on the edge of the north side of the town. Grid ref. TM 423 911. From the car park turn left and follow the Fen Lane around to the junction. Turn left up to the junction with the main road. Turn right and head into town. The Beccles station is on the left opposite the mini roundabout.

Waymarkers: Follow the East Suffolk Line Walk waymarkers.

Transport:
East Suffolk Line - There is a two hourly service between Saxmundham and Lowestoft and an hourly service between Saxmundham and Ipswich

Refreshments:
Three Horseshoes, Ringsfield

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In the nearby area

  • Deadmans Grave
  • Brampton Standing Stone
  • Redisham Hall
  • All Saints Church, Ringsfield
  • Roos Hall

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